Before, to bards
The crossword clue "Before, to bards" is answered by ERE, a 3-letter entry. Used 103 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ERE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERE answer page.
Used 103 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ERE, most used first.
- Before - used 733 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, poetically - used 277 times, most recently in 2026
- Afore - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic preposition - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- Bard's "before" - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in poetry - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior to - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in verse - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in poems - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- "... ___ he drove out of sight" - used 114 times, most recently in 2025
- Palindromic preposition - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, to Byron - used 108 times, most recently in 2025
- Before, of yore - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, before - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
- Poet's "before" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic "before" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Before now - AGO, used 273 times
- Night before - EVE, used 235 times
- Letters before an alias - AKA, used 194 times
- Letter before omega - PSI, used 132 times
- Letter before tee - ESS, used 124 times
- Sign before Virgo - LEO, used 102 times
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